After I have done with the testing of characters' screen time in this episode, I decided to write an article for this episode. This is the episode where Maya and Willy met Jimmy the firefly and is the twelfth episode of the European version. The episode starts where Flip was seen sleeping on a blade of grass but woke up at that time when he heard Maya and Willy shouting in the distance while they were flying in fear and they came after him and he asked them what was going on and what they were afraid of and they explained to him that they saw a "ghost" coming to them and he explained to the little bees that there are no ghosts and it might have been some other insect that they mistook it for a "ghost" and he asked them again where they saw that "ghost" and the little bees pointed to where they saw the "ghost" and they sat until the "ghost" appeared, lit up by the glow in the distance. When they saw the "ghost" appear with its glow, Maya and Willy immediately screamed in fear which startled Flip too but he noticed the glow and realized that it wasn't a ghost but Jimmy the firefly who was flying around the darkness and went down to call him to come to him. When Jimmy came to Flip at that moment, Maya and Willy stopped their fears and saw that the "ghost" was Jimmy after all. Flip had explained to Jimmy why he called him because Maya and Willy had mistaken him for a "ghost" and Jimmy burst out laughing when he heard that. Then Flip called Maya and Willy over to Jimmy to get a closer look at him. The little bees were a little scared when they approached him, but Jimmy showed them how to shine his glow on his body and they stopped being afraid of him and learned that his glow was harmless after all. Then Maya and Willy touched Jimmy's belly with their hands and Jimmy told them laughing that what they were doing tickled him and so, they let go of their hands after noticing his glow. Flip explained to the little bees more about fireflies and how they light up the night which they were happy to learn about it and then Jimmy decided to leave and said goodbye to them. And so, Maya, Willy and Flip watched the fireflies that lit up the meadow as they flew at night. Then later, Maya and Willy fell asleep and were covered with a leaf. In the next morning, Maya and Willy woke up at that time when some insect had dug down into the ground which out of her curiosity, Maya went to see where the digging from the ground came from which led her to a cave. Willy followed her but he warned her not to go inside the cave but she forced him to go inside the cave together but he didn't want to go in at all until they fell down a hole which was so dark that out of fear they decided to get out of the cave. Then Willy told Maya not to go there because it was too dark in there, but Maya came up with an idea and told Willy to go together and call Jimmy the firefly for help. Before going into the cave, Maya and Willy explained to Jimmy that they needed his help and he agreed to help them go together inside the cave (This scene was cut from the European version for an unknown reason and it can only be seen in the original Japanese version though). When Maya and Jimmy entered the cave, Willy was thinking about whether he can go into the cave or not and Maya told him to go and he immediately entered the cave as well. When they got close to the hole, Jimmy had Maya and Willy on his back and made a leap down the hole, then lit up his body to lead Maya and Willy into the underground with his glow. However, Jimmy told them that he will get tired if he walks for too long and Maya came up with an idea to carry him along with Willy to rest as they walked through the underground. Then at that time, the same insect who was digging in the ground was a mole cricket who was digging very hard in the underground and as he was digging, he saw the little bees carrying Jimmy walking around in the distance and decided to follow them to find out what they were doing in the underground. Then the little bees stopped and Maya was wondering which direction to go and Jimmy explained to her an idea that she can do and she decided to draw an arrow to help them go in the right direction before they left. Then the mole cricket saw the arrow that Maya had drawn and he erased it with one of his dactyls before leaving to continue his work. As they walked, Maya noticed that there was a tree trunk blocking the way and Jimmy decided to crouch under the trunk and turned on the glow so that Maya and Willy could easily pass through the trunk to continue on the underground path. But as they continued walking through the underground it had led them in the same direction they were before and Maya noticed that the arrow she drew had disappeared but she decided to redraw it in case she and her friends managed to go in the right direction as they passed but again the mole cricket has erased the arrow before going to continue his work. But this direction led them back to the trunk and they got confused which way to go and again decided to go to the way before and Maya noticed that the arrow she drew disappeared again and she suspected who did this but at the same time they realized that they were lost and ran as much as they could to find the exit but they tripped in their haste and wondered if they can find the exit by themselves or have someone help them. Suddenly, someone goes through a hole which scares Maya, Willy and Jimmy but they find out that it was Max the earthworm and they calm down. Maya asked Max if he could help find a way for her and her friends to get out of the underground and he said he could. Maya told her friends to go through the hole to follow Max who was digging with his mouth, but his belly had swelled so much that he pooped in front of Maya and threw her and her friends out of the hole at the end (This scene was censored in the English dub by Saban probably because they thought it was "inappropriate" for them, so they decided to have Max coming back to Maya and her friends by telling them that he couldn't do it and left at the end instead). Maya and her friends were disappointed that Max couldn't help them and they continued to run as fast as they could but they tripped again and found themselves on a path that had a river and Jimmy helped Maya and Willy fly around the river and they reached on another path to continue finding their way to the exit. But as they continued on their way, Maya noticed that Jimmy's glow was about to go out and asked what happened and he replied that his glow can't last for many hours and once the glow went out, Maya and Willy were trying to get out of the darkness when they found a hole where they discovered a path full of glowing flowers. Maya was so happy when she discovered them that she touched one of the glowing flowers with one of her fingers and played around them, but Willy was worried and explained to her about the situation in the underground and how they can get out of it and Maya came up with an idea to put glowing dust on her antennae to light up the whole underground and Willy did the same as well. Meanwhile, Jimmy was so disappointed that his glow went out and he was wondering what to do, but suddenly he saw four glows passing around him and he was so scared that he thought they were "ghosts" and ran to save himself but tripped over a stone and he fell down on the ground which from his fear managed to turn on the glow and he learned that the "ghosts" were Maya and Willy and he stopped being afraid anymore. Jimmy asked the little bees how they made their antennae glow and Maya explained how they discovered the glowing flowers in the hole they entered and made them light up the entire underground. Suddenly, they heard a laugh coming from above the ground which scared the little bees and Jimmy until the mole cricket was thrown down where he was digging. Maya asked the mole cricket if he was the one who did all this and how they got lost in the underground and that she and her friends can't get out by themselves and he replied that he was the one who did all this and told them that digging is his job. Maya and her friends begged the mole cricket to help them find the right direction for the exit and he decided to help them and they were happy when he told them so. The mole cricket started digging and Maya and her friends followed him which way he went but he confused them because he hadn't discovered the exit yet. As they continued to follow him, Maya smelled a scent that led her to a curtain and Willy was wondering where Maya was going but finally he smelled the scent and they went inside that curtain and discovered a room where they saw a cradle full of pollen. The little bees were very happy when they discovered the pollen but as Maya went to touch it, suddenly a larva came out that was in the cradle and called them both "mama" when he/she saw them. Maya and Willy were surprised to see the larva in the pollen but they smiled and made faces at him/her to make him/her laugh. Then Maya asked the larva his/her name but he/she said the name of his/her species instead which the little bees were surprised by this and flew out of the room in fear after learning that the larva was a baby wasp and at the same time the mother wasp came to feed her baby. Finally, the mole cricket managed to find the exit where he dug a hole that was just lit by the sun and Maya and her friends were so happy to get out of the hole after their adventure in the underground. Maya and Willy were flying with joy while Jimmy was working out that at the end, the mole cricket decided to say goodbye to them to go back to his work. Then Flip came to greet Maya as he was jumping around and noticed that Jimmy was also with her and he asked her where she, Willy and Jimmy had been and she explained to Flip all the adventures they had in underground and with that, Flip was glad to hear it. With all that she said to Flip, Maya decided to leave for a new adventure and Willy followed her as they left. The episode ends when Jimmy decided to leave too because he was too tired from his long journey to rest and Flip thought of doing the same and that's how the story of the episode ended. Here are the ranking results that I have gotten for each character who have appeared in the episode:
8. The Ant Soldiers (10 seconds)
Yes, the ant soldiers have appeared in the episode just for only 10 seconds 'cause they were only there to guard their anthill as the mole cricket accidentally got in and was forbidden to enter the hill and so, the mole cricket put dirt to close the hole to continue his work in the end.
7. The Ant General (13 seconds)
Just like the soldiers, the general didn't got that much screen time either and he was the one who called the soldiers to drive the mole cricket out of their anthill before the mole cricket closed the hole with the dirt he put in it though. So yes, the ants got the least screen time out of all characters in this episode, but they will have a lot of screen time in the episodes that focused on them though.
6. Max (34 seconds)
Unfortunately, poor Max didn't got enough of screen time either as he only appeared in the scene where he was going to help Maya and her friends to get out of the underground, but of course, he failed at the end, but at least, he managed to beat out the ants for once again though.
5. Flip (2 minutes, 51 seconds)
Unfortunately, poor Flip didn't got enough of screen time and haven't entered the Top 3 either, but he managed to beat out everyone who were ranked lower than him in terms of screen time and made it to 2 minutes, but that's because he was probably busy with his life and he doesn't have time to go on adventures with Maya and Willy which is why I think he was ranked lower, but not as much as Max and the ants though.
4. The Mole Cricket (3 minutes, 46 seconds)
Now this is something that might surprise you a bit, but yes, the mole cricket got a lot of screen time in this episode as he spends a lot of time digging in the ground which is why he was ranked higher and beat out everyone who were ranked lower than him though.
3. Jimmy (10 minutes, 6 seconds)
Now this is something that will surprise you a bit more, but yes, Jimmy the firefly have managed to enter the Top 3 by getting into the third place and earned his bronze medal by the amount of screen time he got overall as he played a major role in the episode which is why he was ranked higher along with Maya and Willy of course.
2. Willy (12 minutes, 49 seconds)
Once again, Willy have managed to get a lot of screen time in this episode and have entered the Top 3 by getting into the second place and earned his fourth silver medal which he is very proud and very touched at the same time that he got into the second place again as he wished to get more of silver medals and also gold medals too as he wants to get into the first place again in the future episodes though.
1. Maya (13 minutes, 11 seconds)
Once again, Maya have managed to get the most screen time out of all characters by getting into the first place and earned her fourteenth gold medal by the amount of screen time she got overall and she also made it to 13 minutes for the first time ever which made it one of the episodes where she got the most screen time based on the duration of episodes (the other ones were the link and link), so yes, she got a new record for this episode though.
And that's all of the results that I got from this episode and I'm planning to test the screen time of characters in the twenty-first episode which is the one where Maya, Willy and Flip met an elderly female grasshopper and is the thirteenth episode of the European version which I will explain more about that episode in the article that I will make soon.
8. The Ant Soldiers (10 seconds)
Yes, the ant soldiers have appeared in the episode just for only 10 seconds 'cause they were only there to guard their anthill as the mole cricket accidentally got in and was forbidden to enter the hill and so, the mole cricket put dirt to close the hole to continue his work in the end.
7. The Ant General (13 seconds)
Just like the soldiers, the general didn't got that much screen time either and he was the one who called the soldiers to drive the mole cricket out of their anthill before the mole cricket closed the hole with the dirt he put in it though. So yes, the ants got the least screen time out of all characters in this episode, but they will have a lot of screen time in the episodes that focused on them though.
6. Max (34 seconds)
Unfortunately, poor Max didn't got enough of screen time either as he only appeared in the scene where he was going to help Maya and her friends to get out of the underground, but of course, he failed at the end, but at least, he managed to beat out the ants for once again though.
5. Flip (2 minutes, 51 seconds)
Unfortunately, poor Flip didn't got enough of screen time and haven't entered the Top 3 either, but he managed to beat out everyone who were ranked lower than him in terms of screen time and made it to 2 minutes, but that's because he was probably busy with his life and he doesn't have time to go on adventures with Maya and Willy which is why I think he was ranked lower, but not as much as Max and the ants though.
4. The Mole Cricket (3 minutes, 46 seconds)
Now this is something that might surprise you a bit, but yes, the mole cricket got a lot of screen time in this episode as he spends a lot of time digging in the ground which is why he was ranked higher and beat out everyone who were ranked lower than him though.
3. Jimmy (10 minutes, 6 seconds)
Now this is something that will surprise you a bit more, but yes, Jimmy the firefly have managed to enter the Top 3 by getting into the third place and earned his bronze medal by the amount of screen time he got overall as he played a major role in the episode which is why he was ranked higher along with Maya and Willy of course.
2. Willy (12 minutes, 49 seconds)
Once again, Willy have managed to get a lot of screen time in this episode and have entered the Top 3 by getting into the second place and earned his fourth silver medal which he is very proud and very touched at the same time that he got into the second place again as he wished to get more of silver medals and also gold medals too as he wants to get into the first place again in the future episodes though.
1. Maya (13 minutes, 11 seconds)
Once again, Maya have managed to get the most screen time out of all characters by getting into the first place and earned her fourteenth gold medal by the amount of screen time she got overall and she also made it to 13 minutes for the first time ever which made it one of the episodes where she got the most screen time based on the duration of episodes (the other ones were the link and link), so yes, she got a new record for this episode though.
And that's all of the results that I got from this episode and I'm planning to test the screen time of characters in the twenty-first episode which is the one where Maya, Willy and Flip met an elderly female grasshopper and is the thirteenth episode of the European version which I will explain more about that episode in the article that I will make soon.